Passport Forgery Case

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has seized Rs 1.62 crore in cash, most of it in Rs 2,000 denomination, following a raid against a man accused of extortion, murder and liquor smuggling in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Daman.

A special court today framed charges for alleged offences of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy against gangster Chhota Rajan and three others in a fake passport case.

CBI has filed its first charge sheet in Delhi against gangster Chhota Rajan and three former officials of Bengaluru Passport Office accusing them of criminal conspiracy and forgery over issuance of fake passport to him which he used to escape to Australia.

Cases of forgery in foreigners' passports have increased in the past three years as 604 such instances have been reported till September this year, the government said today.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Bollywood actress Monica Bedi in a passport forgery case, but reduced the sentence to the imprisonment already undergone.

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has seized Rs 1.62 crore in cash, most of it in Rs 2,000 denomination, following a raid against a man accused of extortion, murder and liquor smuggling in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Daman.

A special court today framed charges for alleged offences of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy against gangster Chhota Rajan and three others in a fake passport case.

CBI has filed its first charge sheet in Delhi against gangster Chhota Rajan and three former officials of Bengaluru Passport Office accusing them of criminal conspiracy and forgery over issuance of fake passport to him which he used to escape to Australia.

Cases of forgery in foreigners' passports have increased in the past three years as 604 such instances have been reported till September this year, the government said today.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Bollywood actress Monica Bedi in a passport forgery case, but reduced the sentence to the imprisonment already undergone.